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Attention Aspiring BIPOC Filmmakers: Indeed Rising Voices Season 3 is Back — With Short Films Cleverly Disrupting Modern-Day Life
Out of 500 submissions, ten diverse and talented filmmakers brought their visions to the screen at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.
For a third year, career platform Indeed, Emmy-winning writer, actress, and creative producer Lena Waithe, 271 Films, and Ventureland launched the innovative filmmaking program — this year’s theme: The future of work. The artists of season three’s Rising Voices raised the bar on human introspection in the modern world with diverse and memorable storytelling.
My Top 5 Memorable Films
The Ballad of Tita and The Machines
Tita (Laura Patalano) is an elderly fieldworker in California. She takes pride in her work, and when a mandated employer device tracks her abilities to pick fruit, she reluctantly hires a humanoid to replace her once she learns her productivity levels are low. Only the cyborg and its replacements malfunction and can’t perform the back-breaking work Tita has done for so long. The humanoid inventors are intrigued by Tita’s capabilities and…